FIVE Monash teams playing at the Farm this Saturday! Fantastic. See you there?
https://www.facebook.com/events/2004234182940465/
Come prepared with rain jackets and blankets; the forecast says rain!
12:30pm Pen D Men vs KBH Burmbies
2pm Pen D Women vs Hawthorn
3:30pm VL1 Women vs Mornington
5pm VL1R Women vs Mornington
6:30pm Metro A SE Men vs Old Xav’s
Pictured: RAINBOW CANTEEN Feat. Meg. We’re showing off our rainbow this weekend to celebrate a Fair Go in hockey!
Friday 10th August our Juniors are playing their LAST EVER home game in the Minor Premiership.
These legends are the last cohort of juniors for our club and we’re so happy to have had them for the last 7 years. In 2016 they won the flag for the Under 14 District South East division.
To see them off, and celebrate their fantastic time at our club, we would like to have as many spectators as possible down to their final match at the Farm. We are hosting a BBQ after the match to celebrate and welcome them into the senior league teams.
Pushback 7:10pm vs Greensborough.
How many countries start with the letter L? Who won the gold Logie in 2007? What mystery auction prize will Roddy spend too much on this year?
Yes, it’s that time of year again! Please save the date on the 25th of August to return to the Toorak Bowls Club for another year of realising you not quite as smart as you think you are (or maybe that’s just me…)! The night will include more than just trivia and have plenty of opportunities to win some great prizes, as well a chance snag something great in the annual Monash University Hockey Club Auction!
Purchase you’re ticket to trivia night for $20 at the canteen – make sure to print your receipt, or for $25 on the night. See our Facebook event for more updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/1856248657731803/
Our men’s 4s played at the farm yesterday, donning rainbows on their laces, shin guards and the pitch fence to show their support for diversity of gender, sex and sexuality in our club and sport.
They also had an epic game, drawing against Doncaster Hockey Club 1 – 1. Goal keeper Dan Griemink made some spectacular saves, including successfully defending a stroke that was played out in extra time! Alex Phomphoukhao received an award for being the most inclusive player and showing the best sportsmanship throughout the match.
The #pride spirit will remain at the farm next weekend for our Saturday farmdome and we look forward to seeing you in your best rainbow top/scarf/flag cape/socks/wig as we celebrate diversity in our sport!
Click attending on our Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2004234182940465/
I also heard a rumour about rainbow cupcakes…
This weekend (round 15) is Fair Go Sport round, a round that celebrates the wonderful people of different sexualities and genders who play hockey. This round also celebrates diversity and inclusion in all their different forms, and Monash University Hockey Club is proud to be supporting it.
Less than a year after the postal survey on same-sex marriage, this weekend is also a really good chance for everyone to reflect on the power that words and actions have to make people feel unwelcome.
Sport is sometimes competitive and spirited, but there’s never an excuse for homophobic, biphobic or transphobic words or actions. Unfortunately, though, we know that a very large number of LGBTQIA+ people have experienced discrimination and/or hide their sexuality or gender while playing sport.
In 2011, after a high profile Melbourne goalkeeper named Gus Johnson came out publicly in an emotional youtube video, Hockey Victoria partnered with the Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission to make hockey clubs more inclusive places for everyone.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnK1qOMG5dI
This weekend, with most teams playing away, Monash is supporting Fair Go Sport round with rainbow shoelaces across all grades. If you don’t already have a pair, there is a box of them in the clubhouse. The Men’s 4s are playing Doncaster at Monash at 11am on Sunday, with an award for inclusivity and speeches after the game. We are keen to celebrate as a club and as such will be hosting a Fair Go Farmdome in Round 16 – look out for the Facebook event!
Monash University Hockey Club encourages everyone to get involved and show their support.
Congratulations are in order to Sarah Duncan for her debut umpiring in the Victorian Premier League! Sarah is taking huge strides in the umpiring arena while continuing her time with our Vic League 1 Squad AND completing VCE – what a superstar! Great work Sarah!
Incredibly proud to announce Monash University Hockey Club now has a defibrillator!
Thanks to CFA (Country Fire Authority), in partnership with St John Ambulance Australia, our club will be better prepared to manage a medical emergency.
According to australianfirstaid.com.au, if you apply a measured shock to a person’s heart, suffering a lethal rhythm within the first minute, they have a 70% chance of survival. Having a defibrillator on hand will increase our chances of saving someone’s life during a sudden cardiac arrest.
We love hockey. But we love our hockey community, family, friends and dogs more, so we’re very excited to be (r)amping* up the safety around our Club.
* Hope you enjoyed that tasty pun.
*** $1507.60 raise for The Resilience Project! ***
Huge thank you to all of our members, friends, Knox Hockey Club and KBH Brumbies Hockey for rallying around the farm last Saturday to support The Resilience Project during our charity round. Over the weekend we raised $753.80, which the club matched to bring us up over $1.5k!
The Monash University Hockey Club is incredibly proud of the hockey community’s willingness to support a great project which delivers engaging programs to schools, sports clubs and businesses to provide them with practical and positive mental health strategies to build resilience and happiness.
Thank you to everyone who donated their time, culinary/photography skills and/or money over the weekend, we wouldn’t have been able to do it without you! You can find all the pics on our Facebook page.
Additional thanks to our friends at Kookaburra Hockey & Big Dogg Australia (beanies) for our rad new merch! Everyone is walking around in beanies and hoodies, increasing the community spirit tenfold.
